cajole

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcavea“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcaveola
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromgabiola
4. Old French · derived fromgaioler“entice into a cage”
5. Middle French · derived fromcageoler“chatter like a jay”
6. French · borrowed fromcajoler
7. English todaycajole

Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.

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